Characters: (Select 3 Characters- Please do not use ANY quotations in this section) Write a profile applying insight for 3 major characters in the work. For each character, review the text and consider the following information on characterization: How is the character directly described (physically, mentally, emotionally)? What does the character say or do that shows the reader the character’s role in the story? How do other characters react to this character and why is it significant to the story?
The Evaluation of The Outsiders as a form YAL The novel, The Outsiders written by S.E. Hinton is a harsh, realist portrayal of teenage life lived by real people with real problems. Although never mentioned in the book, the setting is based in Oklahoma. The vague setting of the book provides a dangerous, scary, disturbing, fun, intriguing and heart warming background. The book was controversial for it did not feature the common, light hearted, happy ending story that most young adult literature books had.
From our early beginnings to now in modern times, friends factor greatly into one’s decision making process and subsequent actions. It is human nature to be affected by the thoughts and opinions of those held close to us. Countless similarities are displayed between plays and their modern-day adaptations, ranging from major influences such as setting to finer details like character traits. Nevertheless, being that they are adaptations, stark differences from the original can be discovered, too. The star-crossed lovers of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, and West Side Story are equally affected by their friends and others close to them, but are influenced in evidently dissimilar ways.
This commentary will be the focus point of using evidence in my lessons, encouraging students to make explicit connections to their claim. Students have also shown an ability to develop claims around character motivation, but have not had extensive practice identifying the way an author chooses to characterize central and secondary characters. This lesson segment plans to focus on developing the vocabulary to interpret how Shakespeare chooses to characterize Friar Lawrence and the Nurse or Mercutio, and support that interpretation with evidence and commentary from the
But, how can attainment be so easy to achieve, every action has a reaction and the result is not always the one we had hope for. Each playwright has his or her own thoughts and social perspective which emerges through the plot or characters (Brockett 50). In his exposition, each hero seeks for his or her particular happiness, be it a prince searching for a princess, a couple wishing for a child, or a witch pursuing her youth; we noted the price of fulfillment at the denouement.
“Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare entertains the audience through use of character, language and drama. The plot focuses on the theme of conflict and consequences, using deep characterisation, descriptive language and high drama to entertain. Act 3 Scene 1 focuses on a brutal feud between two enemies and Act 3 Scene 5 follows the patriarchal society’s approach to women marriage and societal expectations. Shakespeare forces the audience to engage with the idea of conflict and what it must have been like to live through this time. Shakespeare cleverly utilises a changing atmosphere in Act 3 Scene 1 to expertly entertain his audience.
After having seen four different presentations of four out of the five books of Macbeth, I have chosen to evaluate Act 4. They were very successful in showing their understanding of the scenes through their lyrics and choice of songs. All of the members of the group were well prepared and it showed that they put a lot of effort and time into their project. The pivotal questions fostered thought from the audience and reflected upon the important information that Shakespeare conveyed in Act 4 as well as their own interpretation of it. They incorporated themes from the scenes to provide a clear analysis with evidence from the text.
I woke up this morning nervous and sweating, today I thought, was going to be a nerve racking day. Today is the day in which I was going to be chosen to be an apprentice of a master of a certain craft or be cast away to work as a farmhand. I want to be accepted into battle school so that I could follow in my father's footsteps, who I couldn't meet since he died in battle and everyone tells me that he was a great warrior. I walked into a large grand room and suddenly I was very jittery and timorous of thinking that I might have to work as a farm hand for the rest of my life. During the choosing my friend Horace, who was the tallest chose first and not surprisingly, he requested for battle school which he talked about joining every day.
In this essay I will be comparing two female characters from different texts and different time periods. We will be looking in depth at Lady Macbeth from Shakespeare 's play 'Macbeth ', and Sheila from J.B. Priestley 's 'An Inspector Calls '. We will be looking at their roles in their respective plays, and how their characters develop over time. It is clear that both ladies are in strong relationships, but how they act within these relationships is vastly different.
Yet the Tiv have no knowledge of this and are unrelenting in their critique of Shakespeare's masterpiece, making their critique perhaps more insightful. Bayard proceeds to expertly tie together the inner book and the experience with the Tiv. In this chapter, the Tiv serve as exemplary group of students. They are curious about the subject matter, like any good student should be, but do not fail to question it.
In our freshman year of high school ninth graders must learn the many things in each of their subjects. In english class students are required to learn William "Bard of Avon" Shakespeare’s works. With Shakespeare 's works of literature and drama being 400 years old it’s expected that many people don’t want Barb’s works to be taught in the curriculum in schools. Shakespeare 's works should not be taught to students in schools because it’s difficult for students to understand, his work is not culturally diverse, and is outdated for today’s students. First, it’s difficult for many students to understand Shakespeare’s dialogue.
Since ancient times we have been writing tales to express the ways we live. Mythology is one of the greatest examples of that. Mythology not only tells a tale, but influences the stories we know, the morals we have come to follow, and also explain the way things are in life. Mythology greatly affects our modern society, especially from the Greek culture. First off, stories like Pyramus and Thisbe influenced Shakespeare to write Romeo and Juliet.
As a result, the experience of Shakespeare’s plays in the theater took a populist turn” (Octane 1). This shows that Shakespeare brought many new elements to playwriting, which seemingly improved plays because “Audience members engaged with the events taking place on stage, becoming vocal and often raucous” (Octane 1). This suggests that the new elements in Shakespeare’s writing sparked emotion in audience members as if the events were real. If an author can spark emotion in so many audience members, it shows that their writing style is extremely effective. Additionally, “Shakespeare is also credited as having invented genres that mixed both tragedy and comedy.
In the twenty-first century, the plays of William Shakespeare may at first appear dated and irrelevant: they use archaic language, are set in the age of Kings and Queens, and the Kingdom of England. However, it would be plainly mistaken to construe that Shakespeare’s works do not still remain integral to a twenty-first century society. Shakespeare’s plays gave the words and expressions one uses every day, revolutionized the art of theater as it was known, and forewarned about issues that would unknowingly still apply centuries later. Therefore, Shakespeare has had a profound effect on our lives by enriching our language and culture, as well as providing ideas that would still apply five centuries later, and it would thus behoove us to learn from his works and life.
In this essay I will discuss the entire life of William Shakespeare, what it was influenced by in terms of spirituality, ideal and social force behind his work (arts). Further, the challenges he faced both personally and professionally in pursuing social relevance in his plays and the historical significance portrayed in his whole work. Also, I will discuss the development and times of the Elizabethan theatre with the Elizabethan ideal of the core and how Shakespeare was influential in that period. Lastly I will reflect on the elements of Macbeth as a genre to illustrate my research findings.
